Thanks to Jack Heppes and the workers of ORCA for putting on a fine, fun event.

John Humphrey planned an interesting, if somewhat familiar route to 5 corners in Maple Valley.  The original course had some additional roads, but they were taken out as winter had left them less than optimal.  The course featured some interesting traps that were made extremely difficult by the dark and rainy night that greeted us that night.   Still most everyone had a good time.  We believe that the bad weather contributed to a below average turnout.  We’re hoping that improves in May and June.

Congratulations to the winners.  Thanks to the crews that worked the checkpoints.  The championships which now includes the Masters Class will be posted after the May Friday Nighter

Wow, what a great night for a rally.  No rain; just enough fog here and there to make the competitors consider it, temps not too cold.  The odo check went from the Park & Ride to the bottom of Duthie Hill Road.  From there, we meandered out to a checkpoint near the old Carnation Farm, then North on 203 and up the Kelly Rd and into Duvall.  From Duvall we went up to the old Honor Farm in Tualco, where the 2nd checkpoint awaited us by Crescent Lake, and then up my favorite High Bridge Road to Broadway, and checkpoint 3 by the all too familiar fertilizer and bark storage area.  A very fun run, parts of which has been used on the last 4 rallies.  (Sorry about the repetition, folks.  We rallymasters don’t talk to each other about where we are planning to go.)  Great fun and the rally was punctuated by good scores.  Congratulations to the winners.

Thanks to the workers from Rainier Auto Sports Club, Mark Nolte, Charles Aggenbach, Richard and Dolores Ranhofer, Marcus Hansen, Marvin Crippen, and last but not least, Eric Horst who did registration, started cars along with Marvin, and helped out at the finish.

Another year is in the books.  We are hoping for another great season in 2018.  Hope to see you then!

Puget Sound Rally Club put on the September Friday Nighter, employing Mr. Mike Workman as the rallymaster.  Mike found some fun roads and had some nice traps.

A terrific night for a rally was punctuated by a light, but enthusiastic turnout.  The rally left the Eastgate Park & Ride and wandered out to Issaquah for the end of the odometer check.  From there, it was down part of Issaquah Fall City Road, a brief loop by the Snoqualmie River Road, then down 202 to Ames Lake and over to the Carnation Farm area for the first checkpoint.  From there, we zigzagged up the Valley to checkpoint 2 in the Tualco area.  The last leg ran up the High Bridge Road to Snohomish and the finish.  We had three BMW club cars, but changed them to novice when no other novice competitors attended.  They all got trophies, which is how we like it!  Three points separated first and second Novice; first and 2nd SOP were 10 points apart; 1st and 2nd Masters were one point apart and while the Unlimited cars had a pretty big gap owing to a 20 point penalty trap, first unlimited scored a total of one!  Congratulations to the winners!

Thanks also to the workers.  Rainier Auto Sports Club manned a checkpoint with Mark Nolte, Charles Aggenbach and Jim Breazeale.  From PSRC, Scott Margerum, Kevin Mullins, Jeff DeLong, Kelly Smith, Dave Treen, Vasco DePinna, worked in various capacities along with guests Ryan McLean and Aaron and Annette Nelson, John and Derris Humphrey and ORCA’s Gary Coon.  It takes a village, and our village is getting a little on the small side.  With workers, these events cannot happen.

The last event of the season is the October Friday Nighter, on the 13th.  Rainier Auto Sports is putting that one together.  Their events are usually drivers events, featuring good roads and minimal traps.  Come on out and join us.